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0:00difference between ache pain and hurt
0:03from espresso english.
0:05net an ache is discomfort that continues
0:09for some time it is usually associated
0:12with a specific part of the body such as
0:15a headache a stomach ache a tooth ache
0:19and an ear
0:20ache after you exercise the next day
0:23your muscles will probably ache an ache
0:26is usually not extremely strong so you
0:29can try to ignore
0:31it pain is usually stronger more sudden
0:34and more difficult to ignore you would
0:37feel pain when you cut yourself or hit
0:39your head on
0:40something if you exercise and you injure
0:43yourself break a bone or tear a muscle
0:46you would feel a sudden
0:49pain we also have the expression aches
0:52and pains which describes General and
0:55various physical
0:56discomforts your 90-year-old grandfather
0:59might complain about all the aches and
1:01pains he has at his
1:04age the word hurt is a little different
1:07because it is usually used as an
1:09adjective or verb not a noun to describe
1:12an ache or a pain you could say my ankle
1:15hurts meaning I have a pain or ache in
1:18my ankle my neck hurts or my shoulders
1:23hurt hurt is also used to mean injure
1:27for example don't play with that knife
1:29you hurt
1:30yourself he was badly hurt in the car
1:34accident finally all three of these
1:37words can be used to refer to emotional
1:39pain as well as physical pain for
1:42example my son is in prison the
1:45situation is causing me a lot of
1:48heartache heartache is emotional anguish
1:52deep
1:53sadness it took her years to move past
1:56the pain of her divorce in this sentence
1:59pain ref refers to emotional injury
2:01emotional
2:03discomfort I was extremely hurt that he
2:06didn't invite me to his
2:07wedding hurt in this sentence means
2:10upset or
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